my ($query) = our $connect->prepare("SELECT number, name FROM TableName"); $query->execute(); my $data = $query->fetchall_arrayref(); $query->finish; foreach $data ( @$data) { my %row_data; # get a fresh hash for the row data my ($variable1, $variable2) = @$data; $row_data{number} = "$variable1"; $row_data{name} = "$variable2"; } push(@loop_data, \%row_data); }